{"id":1168,"date":"2010-02-28T15:37:19","date_gmt":"2010-02-28T19:37:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.flascience.org\/wp\/?p=1168"},"modified":"2010-02-28T15:37:19","modified_gmt":"2010-02-28T19:37:19","slug":"were-hosting-a-seminar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=1168","title":{"rendered":"We’re hosting a seminar!"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Florida Academy of Sciences<\/a> is hosting its 74th Annual Meeting March 19-20 at Indian River State College<\/a>, Fort Pierce. As part of that meeting, Florida Citizens for Science is proud to announce we are conducting a seminar:<\/p>\n

“Attacks on Science, Science Education and Evolution” is co-sponsored by the Florida Academy of Sciences and Florida Citizens for Science, and will take place on Saturday, 20 March, 1:00-3:00 p.m., in the Health Sciences Center (room number to be announced). It will have four parts:
\n1) Evolution and the teaching of evolution. Speaker Dave Campbell (High School biology teacher, member of the new science standards writing committee, featured in a New York Times article on teaching evolution)
\n2) Myths about evolution. Speaker Debra Walker (anthropologist and member of Monroe County School Board)
\n3) The anti-science of antievolution. Speaker Wesley R. Elsberry (Biologist, involved in the evolution\/creationist controversy since 1986, and worked with Genie Scott at NCSE from 2003 to 2007)
\n4) Brainstorm on how to raise the public\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s understanding of science and its importance.<\/p>\n

The seminar is free and open to the public. We invite you to stop by, say hello, and join in the conversation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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